On a serious note . . .
1.perfect practice makes perfect.
2.nothing substitutes for time playing your guitar, you've heard of "woodshedding" ie. time spent with just you and your guitar.
3.peaks and plateaus, as long as I've been playing, I reach new heights in my technical ability.
I NEVER would have believed how good I've become (by my own standards), when I started at 16 years old. I just turned 47.
The PASSION has NEVER faded for me.
4. a way to be more productive is aim with a clear focus of where you want to improve. and remove all distractions.(cat,people,calls)
a. ear training
b. sight reading
c. vibrato (wrist and whammy)
d. speed
e. scales
f. songwriting
h. theory
etc,etc...
5.there is a "ZONE" - when you become one with the guitar. I've been there on a few occasions.
even where you are breathing as one with your axe. your guitar stays spot on in tune, even with the wildest of bends, your heartbeat is in sync, your pitch is spot on, your ears,brain,fingers,heartbeat,breathing,flows out from your being through to the amp and the speakers, back to your ears in this circular flow, and it becomes an extension of your soul.(TOO DEEP for some, I know ... , but I have friends who can relate.
you'll get better like everyone else does . . . practicing hour by hour :hello2: